Players around the NBA are obligated to take COVID-19 tests constantly during the regular season to ensure the safety of everyone in the league. When speaking about the testing that goes on, Michael Porter Jr. of the Denver Nuggets was candid about getting exhausted from the testing, via the Denver Post's Mike Singer.

For the NBA to be able to survive the COVID-19 pandemic, the league implemented testing to give themselves an opportunity to continue the season. Even though the league elected not to conduct a bubble this season, there have been thousands of tests administered for both players and staff.

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For Porter, he's accustomed to the testing procedures as he's been among the group of players in the NBA who tested positive earlier this season. After playing in the first four games of the season for the Nuggets, Porter was sidelined for 10 games due to testing positive for COVID-19.

Seeing that teams have to travel for road games amid the pandemic, it's clear to see why testing could become a tiring process. Teams don't get back to their hotels until late at night and then they only have a few hours to get some sleep.

Then, in the early morning, teams are required to conduct COVID-19 tests ahead of the games later in the day. Despite the grueling process, the testing is important to make sure an outbreak doesn't occur within the league. The testing is just one of the concessions everyone must make in this new normal, for the on-court product to be anything like the old one.